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September 1999
Volume 63 |
Number 9
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| Meeting the Needs
of the Practicing Anesthesiologist |
This year's Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research
(FAER) Panel on "Meeting the Needs of the Practicing Anesthesiologist"
at the ASA Annual Meeting will take a critical look at the current
system of continuing medical education, stimulate discussion regarding
how a practicing anesthesiologist can make the most of this system
and speculate on how it might be improved in the future:
- Does the system make sense? Following four years of
very structured medical school training, then at least four
years of reasonably structured residency, practicing anesthesiologists
are now "on their own" to maintain a knowledge base throughout
a 30-plus-year career.
- What can modern technology add? Should residency programs
take on continuing responsibility for education?
- Should there be any kind of structured organization to the
whole "system" to ensure that people have the right resources
to keep up? Should this have anything to do with recertification?
Moderated by Sean Kennedy, M.D., FAER Board member and
faculty member in the University of Pennsylvania Department of
Anesthesia, the panel will begin with brief, informal presentations,
aimed at stimulating discussion among panelists and the audience.
- Myer Rosenthal, M.D., Professor of Anesthesia, Medicine
and Surgery, and Program Director of Anesthesia and Critical
Care Medicine at Stanford University Hospital, will discuss
the role of residency programs.
- David Longnecker, M.D., Chair of Anesthesiology at
the University of Pennsylvania, former Director of the ABA,
former President of the NRMP and editor of several major anesthesia
textbooks, will look at the role of textbooks, journals and
other media.
- Alan Jay Schwartz, M.D., Director of Education at St.
Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York, has a master's
in education and a long interest in medical educational issues.
He will examine the role of didactic sessions (meetings, refresher
courses, etc.) in continuing education.
- Fred G. Davis, M.D., Chair of the Anesthesia Department
at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts, will provide the
practicing anesthesiologist's perspective.
The panel's goal is to stimulate discussion about this
important topic. Audience participation is a vital part of the
discussion, so bring your thoughts, opinions and questions on
October 12 at the ASA Annual Meeting.
ASA, Abbott Laboratories and FEAR Host Resident Scholar Program
FAER and ASA are pleased to announce that Abbott Laboratories
has agreed to sponsor the 1999 Resident Scholar Program at the
ASA Annual Meeting in Dallas. Shirley A. Graves, M.D., University
of Florida, is coordinating the arrangements. The valuable program
is an educational experience for residents from different anesthesiology
programs across the United States. Residents gain knowledge of
FAER and its missions and of ASA and its process of establishing
standards of practice and professional behavior for the specialty.
The activities of the program allow the residents to see the importance
of the commitment ASA, FAER, individual anesthesiologists and
corporations make to the long-term scientific development of anesthesiology.
The program begins Saturday morning with a one-hour orientation.
Speakers at this orientation session include:
- John B. Neeld, Jr., M.D., ASA President, "ASA, an Organization
With Many Missions";
- Carl C. Hug, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., FAER President, "FAER, Our
Mission";
- Michael F. Roizen, M.D., Chair, University of Chicago, "FAER
Was and Is Important to Me";
- Joseph F. Antognini, M.D., University of California, Davis,
"My FAER Grant";
- Stephen J. Kimatian, M.D., Chair, Resident Component Governing
Council, "Resident Involvement in ASA."
The Resident Scholars attend the House of Delegates meeting
on Sunday, the FAER panel on Tuesday and are encouraged to attend
refresher courses, workshops, problem-based learning sessions
and the scientific and industry exhibits. The program ends with
a reception and dinner attended by ASA officers, FAER directors,
Abbott representatives and the residents. The dinner provides
an opportunity for informal conversations that often leave the
residents better informed and more enthusiastic about their specialty.
The importance of the Resident Scholar Program is that it enhances
positive views of ASA among 35 residency programs that participate
each year. It may be like a pebble thrown in a pond, with a large
ripple effect in the future.
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